Osian's Auction Catalogue Indian Modern and Contemporary Art | March 2008

59 34 Shanti Dave (b.1931) Untitled S/d in English ‘Shanti Dave 69’, t.r. Mixed media with wax on canvas, 1969 24.0 x 44.0 in (61.0 x 111.8 cm) NR 800,000 – 1,000,000 USD 20,000 – 25,000 35 Gulam mohammed Sheikh (b.1937) Shabd aur Bimb, Kabir Meera Samwaad S/d in Gujarati ‘Gulam mohammed Sheikh 9.12.97’, l.r. Inscribed in Devanagari ‘Shabd aur Bimb, Kabir Meera Samwaad’ at l.c. Watercolour and Pencil on handmade paper, 1997 21.6 x 29.5 in (54.9 x 74.9 cm) NR 800,000 – 1,000,000 USD 20,000 – 25,000 36 Bhupen Khakhar (1934 – 2003) Untitled Signed in Devanagari ‘Bhupen’, l.c. Acrylic and Collage on paper pasted on board 14.0 x 10.0 in (35.5 x 25.4 cm) INR 640,000 – 800,000 USD 16,000 – 20,000 ‘The kings shall go, so will their pretty queens / Courtiers and all the proud ones shall go / Pundits chanting the Vedas shall go / And go will those who listen to them. Masochist yogis and bright intellectuals shall go / Go the moon and sun and water and wind./ Thus says Kabir only those can remain Whose minds are tied to the rocks.’ - Arvind Krishna Mehrotra rpt. in Kahat Kabir Gouaches by Gulammohammed Sheikh Vadehra Art Gallery ExC 1999. ‘ The onus upon artists and upon freedom-loving individuals is far greater than it has ever been. To be able to say what we want to say – not speaking against something or someone, simply saying what we want to say – is increasingly difficult. We need icons for our age – and I think Kabir is a good one. I think part of my intention in painting Kabir, now, is to offer an icon, a hero, different from the simplistic heroes that we now have.’ – Gulammohammed Sheikh rpt. in Art India Vol.7 No.2 2002; p33.